He treaded softly on the human rights records of key U.S. partners like Saudi Arabia.
But it could leave him implementing a Trump foreign policy that looks little like the vision he outlined Wednesday.
But on Wednesday, Tillerson called Putin's Russia a threat to the United States.
While he said at a news conference Wednesday that "I think it was Russia," Trump sidestepped the question of Putin's responsibility.
THE MUSLIM BANDuring the campaign, Trump called for a temporary ban on Muslims immigrating to the U.S.